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title: "Merge Proposal: Expanding WordPress Core Abilities"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/merge-proposal-expanding-wordpress-core-abilities-z7asyhhzz
source_url: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/07/02/merge-proposal-expanding-wordpress-core-abilities
type: article
source: "Make WordPress Core"
published: 2026-07-02T18:01:51.102Z
updated: 2026-07-02T22:21:12.932Z
tags: ["ai-agents", "wordpress", "rest-api"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Merge Proposal: Expanding WordPress Core Abilities

**[Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A merge proposal for WordPress 7.1 introduces three new read-only Core Abilities: core/read-settings, core/read-content, and core/read-users. Building on the Abilities API shipped in WordPress 6.9, these additions make WordPress meaningfully agent-readable, allowing AI clients and agentic workflows to query site settings, content, and users through a standardized, permission-checked interface. The proposal explains why these belong in Core rather than being re-implemented by the ecosystem, outlines the security model (opt-in via show_in_abilities flag, full permission checks, sensitive field omission), and previews future manage-abilities and additional entity coverage for 7.2 and beyond.

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